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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. - Voltaire

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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Author Profession: Writer

Nationality: French

Born: November 21, 1694

Died: May 30, 1778

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Simone de Beauvoir, Andre Maurois, Stendhal, Joseph Joubert, Nicolas Chamfort, Madame de Stael, Luc de Clapiers

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